Newton-Morgan County GaArchives Obituaries.....Mrs. Frances A.  Usher February 15 1896
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Georgia Enterprise, Feb. 20, 1896
DEATH OF MRS. FRANCES A. USHER
  On Saturday, February 15, 1896, at 10 minutes past 2 o'clock in the morning,
MRS. FRANCES A. USHER departed this life at her home in Covington, Ga. Age
about 75 years, having been born in Morgan county, Ga., on July 25, 1821. She
came to Covington when a young lady to visit her sister, Mrs. Judge Floyd, who
survives her, and it was here that she was united in marriage to Col. Robert
O. Usher. As Miss Frances Colbert she is said to have been a favorite with all
who knew her. From the day of her happy marriage to the hour of her peaceful
death she has called this city her home. All these years she has been admired,
loved and esteemed by rich and poor, old and young, white and black. In fact,
no better person ever lived or died than was this gentle Christian lady.
  Mrs. Usher had been sick only a few days with rheumatism of the heart, and
the news of her death was a shock to the entire community, for she was held in 
love and esteem by all our people. She was the mother of Mr. Robert O. Usher,
Mrs. Fannie Metcalf and Mrs. Jno. F. Henderson, of this city, and the grand-
mother of Col. Usher Thomason, of Madison, all of whom were by her side when
she died. She was a loyal and useful member of the Methodist Church, her
mission on earth being to make those around and about her happy. She possessed 
an amiable disposition and was one of the best and most lovable ladies we ever
knew. Mrs. Usher was good and kind to all classes and conditions of people. She
visited the poor and needy and never failed to help the sick and distressed.
She was social, cheerful, hopeful and unselfish, and "to know her was to love
her- to name her was to praise." Her sweet face and gentle voice we shall see
no more on earth, but her kind acts and deeds of mercy will live through all
the ages, and her precious memory will grow brighter and dearer as the years 
come and go. She was always liberal in the distribution of charity, and was 
especially attentive and generous to the poor and needy. It can be truly said 
that the world has been made purer and better by her having lived in it. She
was unpretentious and modest, and in deeds of benevolence and mercy she 
endeavored "not to let the right hand know what the left hand did."
  It is impossible in a newspaper article to give a history of the life and 
character of Mrs. Usher, for it would require page after page and then the 
"half would not be told." In life she carried joy and sunshine to many hearts
and homes, and it is a comfort to know that she died easy and happy- "wrapped
the drapery of her couch about her" as it were, "and lay down to pleasant
dreams."
  The tenderest sympathy of all our people go out to the children in their
time of grief and sorrow caused by the death of their precious mother.
  The funeral services came off at 11 o'clock, a. m. on Sunday, conducted
by Rev. Dr. J. M. White, Pastor of the Covington Methodist church, assisted
by Rev. Dr. Morgan Callaway, of Emory College. From the residence the body was 
carried to the family section in the old cemetery and laid to rest by the side
of her dear husband, who had been called from earth to heaven many years ago.
The day was calm, bright and lovely and hundreds of friends and dear ones 
attended the services at the home and in the cemetery.

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